Word: man-to-man
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...That apparent casualness and man-to-man friendliness which rather appalled our disciplinarians at home disappears. Commands are tersely given and tersely acknowledged with an immediate 'Yes, sir,' and a smart salute. All trace of casualness evaporates. These men go to it with the snap of Guardsmen...
...from Medford will bring over practically the same team that beat last year's Varsity, 57-56 in a five minute overtime period after 44 personal fouls. The Tufts offense depends mostly on fast breaks and sleeper plays, and the defense employs a shifting zone against the Harvard man-to-man...
...amid lost balls galore, amid more traveling than has been seen anywhere since the Okies settled in California, the Elis moved to a 24 to 23 lead. Fleet Eli guard Gil Gibbon, one of the more flagrant offenders of the ban on walking, slipped through an amazingly porous Crimson man-to-man defense for twelve points in the first ten minutes...
...Varsity seemed absolutely unable to cope with Yale's man-to-man defense. After bringing the ball up, the guards would lose the ball time and again, while waiting in vain for somebody to cut for the hoop. Yale's play was equally bad; against the Crimson man-to-man, the Elis had little to offer in the way of an offense, but their shots were dropping now and then, and Harvard was shooting hardly...
Then Hennessey, pressing in the man-to-man defense, fouled Jackie Welsh. The Penn guard missed his charity toss, the Crimson took the ball off the boards, and kept it the rest...